I overslept this morning. Looking at the clock, I’ve only been awake for twelve hours. I went to an inventory at a store in Raleigh last night. I arrived about half past six, scanning began about an hour later, and at four-thirty in the morning we were done and ready to go home. A lotContinue reading “Daily Recap”
Category Archives: Work
Snow Day
It snowed in Raleigh today. A week ago the temperatures were in the seventies. Two days ago the high was twenty-five. Today was slightly warmer, and for three hours this morning snow fell. The snow hadn’t started when I arrived at the store at nine. Half past ten the flurries started. By one-thirty it wasContinue reading “Snow Day”
Christmas Eve
Business was quiet, but a busy quiet. No mobs swarmed upon the store. Instead, customers were patient, orderly. Traffic was never overwhelming, but in the final analysis sales were solid, better than I anticipated. As with every Christmas Eve traffic fell off in the afternoon as people left to travel, to wrap, to cook–the pauseContinue reading “Christmas Eve”
Going into the Weekend
The fates weren’t willing. The creek did rise. I worked on Thursday. My supervisor called me yesterday afternoon. Earlier in the week he announced that managers should take this coming Monday off. Now his supervisor wanted managers to work six days next week, taking only Christmas Day off. Half a day on Monday would beContinue reading “Going into the Weekend”
In Search of Hobbies
I’m thinking of building a trebuchet. I loved playing Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings and pulling out the trebuchet, usually four or five trebuchets, in the Imperial Age and razing cities to the ground from long distances. I loved seeing the trebuchet deployed in the defense of Minas Tirith in The ReturnContinue reading “In Search of Hobbies”
The State of Things
I passed out last night about eight. In my clothes. Which my cat bled all over. I still feel sleepy. Tired. Worn out. I’ve been fiercely hungry and then can’t eat. I could use a nap. I’ve been completely random. I’ve veered from one emotional extreme to the other, all in the span of aContinue reading “The State of Things”
They Say It's Christmas….
It doesn’t feel like Christmas. The weather is too nice. This week Raleigh has seen temperatures in the seventies, except for yesterday which was rainy, foggy, and blue. How can one think of Christmas in conditions like that? The muzak at the store still isn’t playing Christmas music. How can shoppers be in the ChristmasContinue reading “They Say It's Christmas….”
Twiddling Thumbs
I’ve been waiting for a customer. A week ago the phone rang. “My Halo 2 doesn’t work,” the customer said. “What’s the problem?” I asked. “I bought the PlayStation2 version by mistake. It doesn’t play in my XBox.” Halo 2 on the PlayStation2? What planet was this guy on? “Are you sure it’s Halo 2?”Continue reading “Twiddling Thumbs”
And it’s Friday, so…?
Looking through the archives I remembered every Christmas is like this. Too much to do, too little time and too little staff to accomplish it. The body forgets. It’s the triumphs of the season–the happy kids, the satisfied parents–that stick in memory, not the bleak moments. And sometimes I wonder how I made it throughContinue reading “And it’s Friday, so…?”
Another Day Gone
My supervisor called. He wanted to know how I was doing, how I was holding up. Not in the business sense. In the personal sense. I had a headache. Not a dull buzz, not quite an all-encompassing migraine. Just a sharp pain. I was tired. Sleep has been odd, and fleeting. I need an occasionalContinue reading “Another Day Gone”